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Kansas Governor Hires a Lawyer for Contested GOP Primary

Jeff Colyer digs in for a fight as he narrowly trails Kris Kobach

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Andrew Duehren

Updated Aug. 10, 2018 6:25 p.m. ET

Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer dug in for a legal fight over this past week’s Republican gubernatorial primary, hiring an outside lawyer for the vote-counting process with Secretary of State Kris Kobachleading the incumbent by less than a tenth of a percentage point.

The Colyer campaign has hired Todd Graves, a Kansas City attorney who works on election law.